Salt Lake Telegram | 1915-01-23 | Page 1 | Anarchy, Panic Reign in City of Mexico

ANARCHY PANIC REIGN IN CITY Of MEXICO Women Near Death From Treatment at Hands of Villa Troops General Zapata Takes Possession of Puebla EL Ell PASO Tex rex Jan 23 Official Official convention advices received today in I Juarez said that Puebla capital of tho the state of the tho same sarno name was taken by convention forces in a batI battie battle bat bat- tie tle late yesterday y It was stated I that the attacking troops troop's were led ledI I by bj Gen E. E Zapata while tHe tKo Carranza Carranza Car Car- ranza garrison arrison was commanded by bj Gen F. F WASHINGTON Jan Tan 23 Anarchy Anarchy panic and disorder are sai said to reign in Mexico City by dispatches from VeraCruz VeraCruz Vera VeraCruz Cruz today to the Carranza agency here herc Rafael Carranza's minister of or orthe I the tho interior charges many women inthe in inI inthe the capital aro are near death from their I treatment at the hands of Villas Villa's troops Eulalio Figuerra one ono of tho the brothers of that name is reported to have havo aban abandoned one Villa and applied for admission to the tho Carranza ranks General Obregon denies that Puebla has been attacked Official dispatches to the thu state department yesterday said eaid Zapata Za in- pata troops troop were four miles away Thurs Thurs- da day dav Today ho however er c Enrique C. C Llorente Villas Villa's agent here received a telegram dated at Puebla and which ss came by way of Mexico ex co City Cit and anel El P Paso 30 from front General Gen Gen- eral a Zapata commander say ain a in lag ing Puebla had been retaken by br his forces ON BOARD U. U S S. S s S. S SAN DIEGO GUAY GUAYMAS Jan 22 by wireless to San Diego Cal Jan 23 It It was reported here to today ay that General Carasco had hat been defeated in a fight seventy five miles south of b by Villa troops The latter arc said id to bc oo ne waiting wait in lag ing for reinforcements before continuing int ing north Between 1000 and 2000 WOO Villa troops are aro en route to northern Sonora I South of Guaymas all seaports aro are quiet